Wightman bounced back from disappointment at the Games by winning the 1000m at the Diamond League in Monaco with a new world leading time on Wednesday.

Australia's Hoare powered home with a late run in Birmingham on Saturday to beat flagging 2019 world champ Timothy Cheruiyot, from Kenya, and Wightman, the current world champion, from Scotland.

The 28-year-old Briton showed what he is capable of in Monaco, though, with a run of two minutes 13.88 seconds - the ninth fastest of all time and a meeting record - to pip Canada's Marco Arop and American Clayton Murphy.

World and Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon narrowly missed the world record in her 1500m triumph.

The Kenyan stormed to victory in 3:50.37, second on the all-time list and just three-tenth shy of the record set in 2015 on the same track by Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba.

"I have been chasing the time for quite some time but I am happy with the personal best," Kipyegon said.

"I knew this was the best place to get the world record but I am so disappointed I lost it in the last metres ... I was definitely ready for it today. I am heading home now and want to get a good Diamond League final in Zurich."

World champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce scorched to the fastest 100m this year, winning the race in 10.62 seconds to comfortably beat Shericka Jackson and Marie-Josee Ta Lou.

Fresh from a fifth world title in Eugene, Oregon last month, Fraser-Pryce had produced blistering performances to clock 10.66 at the Silesia Diamond League event on Saturday and 10.67 at the Hungarian Grand Prix two days later.

She went even quicker in ideal conditions at Monaco's Stade Louis II to easily break the 10.70 barrier for the sixth time in a stellar season, while Jackson (10.71) and Ta Lou (10.72) also ran personal bests.

"I did what I needed to and we had fun and let the clock do the talking ... to be able to run 10.60 consistently means a lot. It's remarkable. It's hard to keep up the speed at this high level," the 35-year-old Fraser-Pryce said.

"I'm in my late thirties and I feel I have more to give. I look forward to do my personal best (10.60) during the rest of the season and run fast ... Now, we break and then we come again. I'm not sure about Lausanne (on August 26) yet."

American Noah Lyles won the men's 200m in 19.46 seconds, just shy of his 19.31 at the world championships last month, while in the women's 800m, Jamaica's Natoya Goule ran a season's best 1:56.98 to finish first.

With agencies.

Australian Associated Press